International Paralympic Committee

Brad Snyder, a former Navy swim team captain who was blinded in Afghanistan in 2011, set an American record in the S11 100 backstroke and shared the silver medal on the second day of competition at the Paralympics on Friday in Rio de Janeiro. Snyder, who lives in Canton and trains with coach Brian Loeffler at Loyola Maryland, finished in 1 minute, 8.28 seconds, tying Poland's Wojciech Makowski. Ukraine's Dmytro Zalevskyi won in 1:06.66. The previous American record of 1:09.23 was set by John Morgan 24 years earlier to the day. Snyder, a freestyle specialist, will compete today in the 400 free, where...

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